Flagship (company)

Flagship Co., Ltd.
Native name	株式会社フラグシップ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Furagushippu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Founded	April 24, 1997; 27 years ago
Founder	Yoshiki Okamoto
Defunct	June 1, 2007; 17 years ago
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
Area served	Video game development
Owner	Capcom

Flagship Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社フラグシップ, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Furagushippu) was an independent Japanese video game developer funded by Capcom, Nintendo, and Sega located in Chūō-ku, Osaka Japan that was founded by game designer Yoshiki Okamoto. Flagship has often created scenarios for new and existing products, and has developed for Nintendo several times on the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. Their last video game was Kirby: Squeak Squad for the Nintendo DS.^[1]

History

Flagship was founded by Yoshiki Okamoto^[2] on April 24, 1997.^{[citation needed]} Funds and personnel for the startup were provided by Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo.^[2] The developer's first project was a series of episodic, Sega Saturn-exclusive RPGs,^[2] but it was never released.

In May 2007, Capcom announced Flagship would cease to exist from June 1, 2007, and their employees merged into Capcom's main studio. Quoting GameSpot's news on the dissolution of Flagship Studios "According to a Capcom spokesperson, while the Flagship name is getting the axe, its employees won't be. Noting that the only thing to change will be the company name on their business cards, the spokesperson said all Flagship staffers are expected to continue working at the publisher in the same capacities".^[3]

Games

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Notes
1998	Resident Evil 2	PS1	Capcom
2000	Resident Evil – Code: Veronica	Dreamcast	Capcom/Eidos
	Resident Evil Survivor	PS1	Capcom/Eidos
	Dino Crisis 2	PS1	Capcom/Virgin
2001	Onimusha: Warlords	PS2	Capcom
	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages	GBC	Nintendo
	Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain no Teiou	Dreamcast	Capcom
2002	Resident Evil Zero	GameCube
	Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny	PS2
	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords	GBA	Nintendo	Ported to GBA
	Clock Tower 3	PS2	Capcom
2003	Resident Evil: Dead Aim	PS2
2003	Dino Crisis 3	Xbox
2004	Onimusha 3: Demon Siege	PS2
	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	GBA	Nintendo	Co-developed with Capcom
	Kirby & the Amazing Mirror	GBA	Nintendo	Co-developed with HAL Laboratory and Dimps
2005	Resident Evil 4	GameCube	Capcom	Unused two drafts
2005	Beck: The Game	PS2	Marvelous Entertainment	Co-developed with Sun-Tec
2006	Kirby: Squeak Squad	DS	Nintendo	Co-developed with HAL Laboratory

Drama albums

BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.1
BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.2
BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.3
BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Sherry, the Little Runaway~
BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Ada, the Female Spy, is Alive~

Novels

BIO HAZARD The Phantom Beast of the North Sea

References

^ "星のカービィ参上！ドロッチェ団 :: カンタン操作で大バトル！". Nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ricciardi, John (November 1997). "Okamoto Leaves Capcom". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. p. 28.
^ Sinclair, Brendan. "Capcom scuttles Flagship". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-11-29.

[1] "星のカービィ参上！ドロッチェ団 :: カンタン操作で大バトル！". Nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-11-29.

[EGM100-2] Ricciardi, John (November 1997). "Okamoto Leaves Capcom". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. p. 28.

[3] Sinclair, Brendan. "Capcom scuttles Flagship". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-11-29.

[1]

[2]

[3]